
Hoyo de MonterreyShade Gigante
About this cigar
The Hoyo de Monterrey Shade Gigante is a cigar in the Gordo format, 152 mm long with a 60 ring gauge (23.8 mm), made in Honduras. Tobaccos: wrapper Honduras, binder Honduras and filler Honduras. Strength: mild to medium (estimated); smoking time about 114 minutes. In the Shade line (3 sizes), it is the one with the largest ring gauge. Noted flavors: cream, cedar and hazelnut.
Cuban heritage house Hoyo de Monterrey offers the Shade line in the Gigante vitola, a 152 mm gordo with a 60 ring gauge. Wrapper, binder and filler all come from Honduras, a blend that suits aficionados seeking a generous cigar of considerable girth. Light to medium in strength, with notes of cream, cedar and hazelnut.
Specifications
- Brand
- Hoyo de Monterrey
- Line
- Shade
- Vitola
- Shade Gigante
- Size
- Gordo
- Length
- 152 mm · 5.98″
- Ring gauge
- 60 · 23.8 mm
- Wrapper
- Honduras
- Binder
- Honduras
- Filler
- Honduras
- Country of manufacture
- 🇭🇳 Honduras
- Smoking time
- About 114 min

Hoyo de Monterrey
Cuba, Founded in 1865, 152 cigarsHoyo de Monterrey is a Cuban house, one of the oldest and most prestigious names in Havana cigars, made by Habanos S.A. Rooted in the fertile Vuelta Abajo region, it offers smooth, aromatic cigars with a mild to medium body, prized by aficionados who favour delicate flavour. Its portfolio includes the Epicure No. 2, the Double Corona and the Le Hoyo de San Juan.
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